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Good to see you starting your career at 20, by 25 you will have 5 years of experience and if you didn't fool around those 5 years you should be able to build gr

Good to see you starting your career at 20, by 25 you will have 5 years of experience and if you didn't fool around those 5 years you should be able to build great things. Opportunities will be plenty. It's extremely normal to see everything as a mess. Remember, Software Engineering has been around only a handful of decades. Don't get discouraged. My advice is: * Sleep 8 hours every day (this is a must, non-negotiable) * Eat a clean diet (avoid popular diets, stick to the basics) * Do some exercise, 4-5 times per week If you have those three points, everything around will start to fit. Your social life will improve, and you will be more productive at work. Better days will come.

Relys 8y ago
I know you said "avoid popular diets", but I highly recommend researching the ketosis metabolic process. I lost about 20lbs in 3 months and I have much more mental and physical energy. A lot of other hackers I follow on Twitter have had similar results.
- raztogt21 8y ago
  Sorry, I've always had an athletic shape. Even as a kid, I ate clean. Lots of fruits, vegetables, only drink water, avoid sugars, and white bread, etc. The basics for a nice diet. I haven't followed the trend of the Keto movement, but I'm hearing amazing results to others. Glad it worked for you, and congratulations on your new body.
  - Relys 8y ago
    Yeah I was raised similarly (in addition to being a Vegetarian), but let myself slide down the rabbit hole of laziness (desk job) and poor diet (fast food) in my early 20s. My wife actually learned about it while studying for medical school. It's much more rooted in actually science about how the body actually processes nutrients as opposed to a "woo-woo" fad diet. The goal of Keto is to shift your metabolic process into ketosis so that your liver produces ketone bodies to burn healthy fats as a source of energy once your have depleted your glucose storage. Basically what researching Ketosis has taught me is that you shouldn't just avoid sugars, white bread, etc. but also limit certain types of fruits, vegetables and whole grains that are high in carbohydrates as they are ultimately converted to glucose and trigger an insulin response. There is some fallacious logic that just because something is a "whole food", "natural" and "not processed" that it is good for you. Honestly, all you really need to know is that you just have to limit yourself to under 50 net carbs per day to achieve the metabolic state. I highly recommend trying it even if your goal isn't to loose weight as it can lead to better mental performance, reduced risk of heart disease and higher energy levels (as your body burns fat slowly throughout the day as opposed to getting some carbs and then crashing repeatedly).
cyrilbenson47 8y ago
I second this. I started developing just a couple of years early with you, I have ~10 years of experience now. On the first few years, I gained a lot since what I do all day is work eat and sleep. Explore new things outside of work, which could be hard at first but you'll get better at it once you do it constantly.

Relys 8y ago

I know you said "avoid popular diets", but I highly recommend researching the ketosis metabolic process. I lost about 20lbs in 3 months and I have much more mental and physical energy. A lot of other hackers I follow on Twitter have had similar results.

raztogt21 8y ago
Sorry, I've always had an athletic shape. Even as a kid, I ate clean. Lots of fruits, vegetables, only drink water, avoid sugars, and white bread, etc. The basics for a nice diet. I haven't followed the trend of the Keto movement, but I'm hearing amazing results to others. Glad it worked for you, and congratulations on your new body.
- Relys 8y ago
  Yeah I was raised similarly (in addition to being a Vegetarian), but let myself slide down the rabbit hole of laziness (desk job) and poor diet (fast food) in my early 20s. My wife actually learned about it while studying for medical school. It's much more rooted in actually science about how the body actually processes nutrients as opposed to a "woo-woo" fad diet. The goal of Keto is to shift your metabolic process into ketosis so that your liver produces ketone bodies to burn healthy fats as a source of energy once your have depleted your glucose storage. Basically what researching Ketosis has taught me is that you shouldn't just avoid sugars, white bread, etc. but also limit certain types of fruits, vegetables and whole grains that are high in carbohydrates as they are ultimately converted to glucose and trigger an insulin response. There is some fallacious logic that just because something is a "whole food", "natural" and "not processed" that it is good for you. Honestly, all you really need to know is that you just have to limit yourself to under 50 net carbs per day to achieve the metabolic state. I highly recommend trying it even if your goal isn't to loose weight as it can lead to better mental performance, reduced risk of heart disease and higher energy levels (as your body burns fat slowly throughout the day as opposed to getting some carbs and then crashing repeatedly).

cyrilbenson47 8y ago

I second this. I started developing just a couple of years early with you, I have ~10 years of experience now. On the first few years, I gained a lot since what I do all day is work eat and sleep. Explore new things outside of work, which could be hard at first but you'll get better at it once you do it constantly.